Creel



Jan. l0, 1950 w. J. ELvlN ETAL.

CREEL Filed Oct. 30,` 1946 ,5N VEN'TORJ WILLQAM ..1 Ewen EL MER ATTQQN EMS.

Patented Jan. 10, 1950 CREEL William J. Elvin, Froltbnrg, Md., and Elmer B.

Stahl, Meyersdalc, Pa.. assignors to Celanese Corporation of America, a corporation of Dela- Waffe Application october 3o, 194.6, serial No. 706,746

s claims. (ci. 242-131) This inventionv relates to textile apparatus wherein filaments,A yarn, thread, ribbon, straw and the like (all hereinafter referred to as "yarn) are drawn from one package and wound, with or without twist onto another package support, and relates more particularly to an improved creel arrangement for such textile apparatus. e

It is an important object of our invention to provide a novel creel arrangement for yarn winding or twisting and winding apparatus wherein doing and dressing is substantially facilitated.

Another object of our invention is the provision of a novel creel arrangement for yarn winding or twisting and winding apparatus employing yarn packages having magazine wraps or transfer tails.

A further object of our invention is the provision of a novel creel arrangement for yarn winding or twisting and winding apparatus, which is movable relative to said apparatus for facilitating the doing and dressing.

Other objects of our invention, together with certain details of construction and combinations of parts, will appear from the following detailed description.

In the drawing wherein a preferred embodiment of our invention is shown,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view, showing the cree'l of our invention mounted on a ccnl ventional down-twister, only a portion of which is shown, and

Figure 2 is a side elevational 'View thereof, partly in section, showing in broken lines the position of the creel arrangement during the doiiing and dressing operation.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout both views of the drawing.

Referring now to the drawing for a detailed description of our invention, reference numeral 3 indicates generally a down-twister to the framework 4 of which is attached a table 5. A series of standards 6, only one of which is shown is supported in brackets, such as bracket 1, fixed to said table 5 at suitable positions along the width of the down-twister. Angle-iron brackets 8 are carried at the upper ends of supports 6. The4 brackets extend across the width of the downtwister and have fixed thereon, coextensive therev'ith, bars 9. At suitable stations along the downtwister are positioned arms I I to which are ailixed pigtail guides I2, I3 and I4.

To bars 9 are fixed rails I5 extending at right rails i5. The arms II are attached to the inner ends of slide it and are movable therewith, as shown by dot-dash lines in. Fig. 2. Slides I are provided at each end. with brackets Il having a bent portion i9. These bent portions carry the means for supporting bolzohins I9. The supporting means comprises a circular plate 2i on which the bottom of the yarn package is adapted to rest, a space 22 on said plate, a plate 23 of smaller diameter, a spacer 2t, and a plate 25 of a still smaller diameter, all held together by means of a bolt 2S, extending through the plates, spacers and bent portions i8, and nuts 2l. The diameters of plates 23 and 25 are such as to iit snugly within the skirt 28 of the bobbin I0.

The bent portions Il of brackets I1 are inclined so that the yarn packages supported thereon are inclined toward each other. The inclination of the yarn packages permits of easy vvwithdrawal of the yarn over the top.

'In operation. two yarn packages are mounted on each creel in alignment with each other andthe leading end of one yarn package is tied to the transfer magazine wrap or tail of the other package. The leading. end of the latter package is angles thereto. Carried on rails I5 are slides I6 threaded through guides Il, I3 and I2, then through guide eye 29, is passed over steel feed roll 3l, wrapped around cork covered nip roll 32, and nally taken up on any suitable means (not shown). The feed rolls 3l and nip rolls 32 are mounted'on shafts 33 and 34, respectively. As showinl in dot-dash lines in Figure 2, when the yarn on the bobbin has become exhausted, the `operative pulls the slide I6 forward until it is halted by stop pin 35. The exhausted bobbin is replaced by a full bobbin and the leading end of the yarn thereof is tied to the magazine wrap or transfer tail of the unexhausted bobbin, after which the slide and the bobbins are slid back to their original or operating position. The operation of the down-twister is not halted during the doiling and dressing operations above described.

It is to be understood that the foregoing detailed description is given merely by way of illustration and that many variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of our invention. y

Having described our invention, what we desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A creel for winding or twisting textile machines having a bar extending transversely thereof, said creel comprising a rail having one end attached to said bar, a slide telescopically carried by said rail for movement relative thereto, an arm, having a yarn guide thereon, and brackets xed to said slide and means carried by said brackets for supporting a yarn package thereon.

2. A creel for winding or twisting textile machines having a bar extending transversely thereof, said creel comprising a rail having one end attached to said bar, a slide telescopicaliy carried by said rail for movement relative thereto, an

arm, having a yarn guide thereon, xed to one` end of said slide and a bracket xed to each end carried by said bent portions of said brackets for supporting a yarn package thereon, said bent portions being inclined so as to cause the packages supported thereon to be inclined towards each other.

WILLIAM J. ELVIN. ELMER R. STAHL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,639,927 Clinton Aug. 23, 1927 1,807,495 Reiners et al. May 26, 1931 1,808,339 Bellingeri June 2, 1931 1,833,591 Remington et al. Nov. 24, 1931 1,961,694 Javery June 5, 1934 1,962,108 Cocker June 5. 1934 

